Adriaan Fokker

Adriaan Fokker
Adriaan Fokker and his organ in 1950
Born
Adriaan Daniël Fokker

(1887-08-17)17 August 1887
Died24 September 1972(1972-09-24) (aged 85)
Beekbergen, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Alma materDelft University of Technology
University of Leiden
Known forFokker–Planck equation
Fokker periodicity block
Scientific career
FieldsPhysicist
InstitutionsUniversity of Leiden
Teylers Museum
Doctoral advisorHendrik Lorentz

Adriaan Daniël Fokker (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈaːdrijaːn ˈdaːnijɛl ˈfɔkər]; 17 August 1887 – 24 September 1972) was a Dutch physicist. He worked in the fields of special relativity and statistical mechanics. He was the inventor of the Fokker organ, a 31-tone equal-tempered (31-TET) organ.